SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes vs Vercel Sandbox

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes bills memory only, at $0.04572 per GiB-hour. Vercel Sandbox costs $0.128 per vCPU-hour. SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes runs microVMs. Vercel Sandbox runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 23, 2026

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Isolated microVMs for AI agents that fork from a saved snapshot, part of SF Compute Autoresearch.

Isolation: MicroVM
Free tier: None
Max session: Not listed

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Vercel Sandbox

Isolated Linux microVMs for running untrusted code.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: 5 CPU-hours every month
Max session: 24 hours

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What is different

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vCPU, per hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included; Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572; Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage; Vercel Sandbox: Snapshots $0.08 per GB-month. Drives $0.05 per GB-month in iad1, plus reads and writes. Hobby includes 15 GB of each.
Free tier: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None; Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go; Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only; Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096; Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000
Isolation: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM; Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
Integrations: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxesautoresearch.sfcompute.com

Vercel Sandboxvercel.com/docs/sandbox/pricingvercel.com

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Included; Vercel Sandbox: $0.128
RAM, per GiB-hour: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.04572; Vercel Sandbox: $0.0212
Storage: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Sandbox snapshots $0.10 per GiB-month of deduplicated bytes, $0.05 per GiB-month in cold storage; Vercel Sandbox: Snapshots $0.08 per GB-month. Drives $0.05 per GB-month in iad1, plus reads and writes. Hobby includes 15 GB of each.
Free tier: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: None; Vercel Sandbox: 5 CPU-hours every month
Paid plan from: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Pay as you go; Vercel Sandbox: $20 / month
Billing: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Memory only; Vercel Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: 24 hours
Idle stop: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Vercel Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Up to 4,096; Vercel Sandbox: Up to 10,000

Platform

Isolation: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MicroVM; Vercel Sandbox: Firecracker microVM
GPU: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:; Vercel Sandbox:
Pause and resume: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes:; Vercel Sandbox:

Developer

SDKs: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code; Vercel Sandbox: Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code, MCP

Trust

License: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: Not listed; Vercel Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes

Vercel Sandbox

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.091; Vercel Sandbox: $0.170
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.183; Vercel Sandbox: $0.341
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes: $0.366; Vercel Sandbox: $0.682

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Which one fits

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SF Compute Autoresearch Sandboxes fits when

You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You want the lower list price: $0.183 against $0.341 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You want one rate for memory, with CPU included.

Vercel Sandbox fits when

You use the Claude Agent SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or the Vercel AI SDK.
You want to start without paying.
Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
You need a sandbox larger than 4 vCPU · 8 GiB.

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